Dick Pontoon

This. There is zero need to use packing tape to hold down comics, arguing the point just seems silly or stubborn. This is not directed at Bird, but I'd say maybe 50% of the folks who sell books on the Boards could use a course in Packing Your Comics 101. I don't think I've ever told a seller they need to improve their methods, I just make a mental note of it.

Nice! And I like the creepy creature inside of Giganto's mouth.

That sounds like a lot of pen, sounds fugly. What's the book? It might not be as scarce as you think.

I was gone about 11:00. I bought my ticket and got in line as they started to let people in about 10:00. It was so crowded after the entirety of the initial crowd got in I just could not deal with trying to elbow my way through the aisles while taking baby steps over to a table to see the goods. One table I made it to had longboxes full of books that were only sporadically priced and were mixed in with bagged books with the flap sticking out instead of being taped down, making it needlessly difficult to flip through. The guy and lady in the far left was J&S Comics (as in Jill and Steve) from CT, not the J&S Comics based in NJ. I didn't get to their tables this time but I've bought from them in the past. They usually have a very wide selection.

Where's all the show reports? I found it too crowded for my liking. I can live with waiting my turn to get into a longbox, but those aisles were crammed to the point where they were barely passable.

This is where I go

Here's some of silver of mine from the neighboring suburbs:

Have Blowie come and photograph the show.

I picked a bad day to focus on work.

Groot isn't such a good example. I've been a fan of pre-hero Marvels since I started collecting in the '70s and knew him as a character since then. He was revived in Hulk Annual #5 in '76, along with a group of other monsters, which was a blast for someone like me. I'll let Wikipedia fill in the rest: "Groot first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (Nov. 1960), and was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby.[2] He appeared again in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 Annual #5 (Oct. 1976), alongside five other monsters from Marvel's anthology horror comics of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In The Sensational Spider-Man #−1 (July 1997), Groot was featured in a nightmare of the young Peter Parker. Groot reappeared in 2006 in the six-issue limited series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, and appeared in the Annihilation: Conquest and Annihilation: Conquest – Star-Lord limited series. Groot went on to join the Guardians of the Galaxy in the series of the same name, and remained a fixture of the title until its cancellation with issue #25 in 2010. Groot appeared in its follow-up, the limited series The Thanos Imperative, and, alongside fellow Guardian Rocket Raccoon, Groot starred in backup features in Annihilators #1–4 (March–June 2011) and Annihilators: Earthfall #1–4 (Sept.–Dec. 2011)." So, maybe he was a B-lister but he had much more than a one-time forgotten appearance and was a part of the Marvel universe. Now, that's not to say I don't think movie hype isn't crazy. One that leaps to my mind is Marvel Spotlight #4. The first appearance of a book? The value has gone up because of a book?

Sorry - my sarcasm meter was on the fritz! FWIW, i thought it was a serious response as well. There is SO much inane advice floating around these days ("I only use backing boards coated on both sides when I press books!") that it can be hard to tell.

But what do they say?!

I'm sure other people do but I personally hate them. If the stickum touches a book, forget it. I use Mylites and Fullbacks for the bulk of my collection and regular poly bags for short term storage.

I'm probably going to have to..... pay!

$50 shipping? Why so much?

Unless it's a reprint page...

I'm part of the segment that finds this place a lot less fun than it was in the past. Unfortunately, there's no cure-all and the Boards won't ever be able to return to those days. However, the changes that have been implemented since Mike took over this position have improved things quite a bit and made the Boards much more readable and enjoyable.

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That's good news. I wonder if the book was boosted before it reached him?

So you decided not to sell them after all?

Hard for me to say. If in hand the back looks like it does in the scan I think 5.0 is reasonable, but if it looks more rumpled like it does in the photo probably a 4.0 or 3.5. How's that for non-committal!

Years ago, a book length sub crease would not get better than a 4.0. Somewhere along the line they seem to have shifted that up to a 5.0, so I could see ta 5.0, especially with a press. It presents very nicely.

I've seen them. Had a friend who was really into them. IIRC the singer was a bricklayer. Just looked it up, he was a stonemason not a bricklayer.